You would think, with anime comming from Japan, that the number off good Ninja/Samurai tittles would outnumber all other types. Unfortunately, that is not the case. Ninja/samurai anime happens to be quite rare. even rarer is GOOD ninja anime! Yotoden is one of the good ones. in fact, its one of the best Ninja anime I have seen. The animation is dated, but its an 80's oav. The action is top notch and the plot is passable. Not quite Jubei Ninja chronicles (Ninja Scroll for the casual otaku) but the next best thing when it comes to Ninja's, Bakemono and mystical swordplay! It was the primary inspiration to a Ninja/Samurai based rpg game I ran (was quite successful), so Yotoden has a special place on my list of favorites.

This Movie was possibly one of the best fighting anime's I ever saw. You gotta love this movie. I was truely into the movie the whole way. From the begging to the dramatic end I felt so inspired to continue my own ninja training because the morals seemed so beleivable. I love this movie and I really beleive that this will be my favorite anime for a long time to come. You really just can't beat the feeling. The Graphic content of how the characters acted was proof enough of how much hard work went into this movie. The animation was great, the story long moved perfectly, the characters were up lifting. The movie made me laugh when I saw the old man who was an Oboro ninja, and cry when Sakome died. I could feel the romance whenever Sakome was around Ayume. This I beleive was a perfect movie. Besides all this, it's like I said you gotta love it.